How good is Philip Rivers going to be, REALLY?

As I see it, he's got incredible skills and he's in an absolute dream situation for any QB, with such big recievers, great recieving backs, and an elite offensive line.

It seems like defenses have to make a choice whether they will stop the run game or stop the pass game, and that's just picking their own poison.

All they have to do is find single coverages and loft it up against these midget db's... unless madden football has lied to me again.

In all the talk about who our new head coach was going to be, what got lost was that we already have a "coach".... his name is Phillip Rivers. The national media wants to put a questionmark over his head because he's a little bit of an unknown despite his huge numbers in college.

He played in five bowl games, and won MVP of all five! He knows the importance of leadership, and thats why his nickname is "coach". His dad was a football coach, and he understands how to run a team.

Not to mention his height, his ability to release the ball from different angles, his willingness to hang in and take a hit to complete a play, the foot speed he showed in that youtube clip where he outran shawne merriman, etc...

So far, he's looking like he's gonna destroy some records with the weapons we have for him on offense.

All I really care about is that he takes us to the promised land, and IMO, he's got what it takes. Love seeing his fiery personality, although I think he does need to slow down @ times, but all that will come w/ experience.

So far, he's looking like he's gonna destroy some records with the weapons we have for him on offense.

All I really care about is that he takes us to the promised land, and IMO, he's got what it takes. Love seeing his fiery personality, although I think he does need to slow down @ times, but all that will come w/ experience.

I'm very happy he's our guy.

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Especailly because if he wasnt we would have Sheli, the second comming or Ryan Leaf...

I think Rivers is going to be an elite QB in the league for years to come. Yes he is in the perfect situation for a QB to be in with a great offensive line and the best RB and TE in the league. But he has really looked sharp this preseason and has been in complete control - this with a vanilla playbook.

I have believed that Rivers is good with potential for greatness since the Bengals game last season. I was kind of impressed with his (seemingly) improved mobility when running those bootleg plays a couple weeks ago. I never bought into the "weird delivery" argument and I think that with Norval in the house, PR will be a top notch QB in this league.

With all of that said, and with the vanilla offenses of the preseason in mind, I have never seen Rivers make use of the deep ball. I kind of blamed that on Cam and the fact that we didnt have a true speed WR, but this offseason those things shouldnt be a problem anymore.

When the season starts and LT is out on the field, I hope that Norv puts Davis in and stretches the field a bit. Make use of all of the Bolts' weapons and use every inch of the field.

Rivers was good last year, and it looks like he's definetely made some big strides this year. He still has that scary accuracy with his passes, but look at all the other things that he's improved on. He's progressing through his reads faster, he's not locking onto receivers as much, he's calling real nice audibles at the line (Sproles TD), he's moving in the pocket better, he's making better passes on the run....not only that, but he looks a lot more comfortable this year, both as a player and as a leader.

Whatever restraints Philip had on him in the past will be/have been removed, and Norv's gonna take this kid, and by extension the Chargers, to heights that haven't been reached since the halcyon days of Air Coryell.

The only team that can stop these Chargers is...the Chargers themselves.

That's true. I don't know what to think about CD right now. He looked good in the two practices I saw, but he hasn't really stood out in the games he's played. And why wasn't he on the field yesterday? Wisdom teeth?

That's wierd. He must've had multiple abscesses or required serious oral surgery or lost a lot of blood or something. I've had 2 wisdom teeth pulled on 2 different occasions, and while it wasn't pleasant it was nothing that I would classify as an "injury." Next day, good as new ready to go.

That's true. I don't know what to think about CD right now. He looked good in the two practices I saw, but he hasn't really stood out in the games he's played. And why wasn't he on the field yesterday? Wisdom teeth?

That's wierd. He must've had multiple abscesses or required serious oral surgery or lost a lot of blood or something. I've had 2 wisdom teeth pulled on 2 different occasions, and while it wasn't pleasant it was nothing that I would classify as an "injury." Next day, good as new ready to go.

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I had all four pulled at once, and two of them were impacted. I was on pain pills for days. My head swelled up to the size of a volley ball. If his were impacted, then the oral surgeon had to grind away part of the underlying jaw.

I had all four pulled at once, and two of them were impacted. I was on pain pills for days. My head swelled up to the size of a volley ball. If his were impacted, then the oral surgeon had to grind away part of the underlying jaw.

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I had all 4 impacted. I had to eat soup through a straw for at least 10 days. I could not open my jaw it was so sore. That was medieval pain :yes: